Raspberry, White Chocolate, and Almond Loaf

Being a big fan of Williams-Sonoma, you can imagine that I am an even bigger fan of the Williams-Sonoma outlet about 90 miles from here. I try to keep my visits to a minimum, but I do love perusing the aisles looking at all of that lovely, mostly unnecessary stuff.

Last weekend, Quinn and I decided to make the trek for a little shopping, and I was very excited to find that they were having their annual cookbook sale. I showed a modicum of restraint, leaving with six new books.
I’m sure I’ll be making many things from my newly acquired cookbooks, but first up is this quick bread from a book aptly named Quick Breads.

It being the middle of winter, this bread is made possible by a wonderful thing called frozen raspberries. I am not one of those people who has a freezer packed with enough food to feed themselves for months. Just about the only things you’ll routinely find in my freezer are pecans, butter, more pecans, and a bottle of vodka. Luckily, though, I did have some raspberries in there for this recipe. While fresh might be better, the frozen worked really well for this bread.

I must say that this bread is amazingly delicious. It’s very sweet and dense. It’s almost more like a pound cake than bread. Although it provides a big, happy pick-me-up in the morning, I wouldn’t hesitate to serve it as a dessert also.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°. Line the bottom of a standard 9″x 5″ loaf pan with parchment paper. Butter pan and set aside.

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, a little at a time, until blended. If the mixture seems to be curdling, add a little of the flour. Stir in flour, ground almonds, and lemon zest and juice.

Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Scatter raspberries and white chocolate over the batter. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour & 10 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean.

Mmmm…this sounds delicious! I just recently heard of the WS outlet. Now my mom and I have to figure out exactly where it is so we can go next time I go for a visit. I heard there’s a Pottery Barn outlet next to it…is that right?!

Kitchenette, I’m not usually a white chocolate fan, but it goes so well with raspberries. Hope you find an outlet!

Thanks, Rosa!

Claire, thanks! There is indeed a Pottery Barn outlet next door. I’ve never had much luck with it, though. When you and your mom get ready to do, feel free to email me if you want directions. I think I can get there in my sleep!

Jennifer, I made two of these loaves last night, and I have to say I was unsuccesful, but I don’t understand why. Perhaps you could shed some light on to what happened to me. The loaves burned around the sides and bottom, but the centre didn’t cook, I had to keep adding on more time until the toothpick came out relatively clean.
I started cooking it at 350, as the recipe calls for, then seeing it start to burn I turned it down to 300. What can I do to prevent the burned sides and bottom. One of the loaves actually had the centre fall right out when I tried to get it out of the pan. Do you think I used too much white chocolate or raspberries? I used a white chocolate bar chopped up, if it was too big, would that cause the centre to remain uncooked while the rest of it burned?
Also, I noticed there is no salt, or baking powder or baking soda in this recipe, but all the other quick breads I’ve made (which is many) have one or all of those ingredients. Sorry for the long message, I don’t want to give up on this recipe because I think if I got it right it would be amazing. Please help! Thank you!

Deanna, I’m sorry you had trouble! I’ll try to help if I can. This recipe is a little different than most quick breads in that there is no leavening agent. However, that shouldn’t influence baking time. What kind of pan did you use? Do you have an oven thermometer? If you’d like, send me an email and we’ll try to figure it out. (bakeorbreak at gmail dot com)

Hello, I find your blog by accident and I’m glad of it, I made the loaf tonight because I find kind intriguing, came out very good and I did not have any problem at all, actually the cooking time on my oven was one hour. Thank you

I had double check myself when I saw the amount of butter ( not for diet reasons ) I just love butter and it was surprising to see that amount for a small loaf. It’s in the oven and so far it looks amazing! Thank you for the recipe and for your delicious blog.

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